Corrections and clarifications

Yesterday's cartoon on page 29 (Comment) portrayed Israeli military action in Lebanon in the form of a mailed fist with Stars of David as knuckle-dusters. By failing to identify them in a specifically Israeli form - such as in the colours of the flag - the point the cartoon was making might have been interpreted as implicating Judaism rather than the Israeli government in the present conflict. That was not the intention, and we are sorry if anyone saw it that way.

In a report on the forthcoming space mission to study the sun, Stereo satellites will let scientists tune in to the sun's mood music, page 13, July 18, we said the $500m project was funded by Nasa and the European Space Agency (Esa). In fact, Esa has no involvement and the British part of the mission is funded by the UK's Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.

In recalling the moon landing, pages 16 and 17, G2, July 17, by republishing a report by the Guardian's science correspondent at the time, Anthony Tucker, we introduced a note of confusion by dating it July 20 1969. The first steps on the moon were on July 21, in fact at 0256 and 20 seconds GMT, or 0356 BST. In the US it was still July 20.

In Idyll threats, yesterday's Society cover story, continued on page 2, we meant to say that most farmers are now in their mid to late 50s, not mid to late 60s.

In illustrating David Edgar's article on challenging theatrical effects, Eek! Don't look!, we said in the caption to a series of photographs that they showed Lear putting out Gloucester's eyes. The Duke of Cornwall, husband of Lear's daughter Regan, did that.

In the Media 100, we correctly said that Bill Gates (at number 9) was a new entry, page 4, Media, July 17; so it was confusing to find in a news report about the list, Digital surge etc, page 8 of the main paper on that day, a note incorrectly saying that he had "stayed" in the top 10.

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